Английский Этимологический словарь - scurrilous
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Scurrilous
scurrilous
- 1576, from scurrile "coarsely joking," from L. scurrilis "buffoonlike," from scurra "fashionable city idler," later "buffoon."
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~ adj formal scurrilous remarks, articles etc contain damaging and untrue statements about someone - scurrilously adv - scurrilousness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
Scurrilous accusations or stories are untrue and unfair, and are likely to damage the reputation of the person that they relate to. Scurrilous and untrue stories were being invented. ADJ: usu ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
adjective Date: 1576 1. a. using or given to coarse language b. vulgar and evil ~ imposters who used a religious exterior to rob poor people — Edwin Benson 2. containing obscenities, abuse, or slander ~ accusations • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 (of a person or language) grossly or indecently abusive. 2 given to or expressed with low humour. Derivatives scurrility n. (pl. -ies). scurrilously adv. scurrilousness n. Etymology: F scurrile or L scurrilus f. scurra buffoon ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. грубый, непристойный; бранный; оскорбительный scurrilous song —- непристойная песенка scurrilous accusation —- оскорбительное обвинение to make a scurrilous attack on smb. —- обрушиться с бранью на кого-л. 2. лживый a scurrilous little rogue —- подлый лгунишка a scurrilous little rag —- лживая (бульварная) газетенка ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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